CLAIRE’S P O V
FIVE YEARS AGO
Not only did I despise flying, but I also detested the process of taking off and landing, which meant that I was unable to get to sleep before we were in the air. I was going to pay a visit to my sister in San Diego, who was about to give birth because she wasn't ready to start a family just yet. She also recently discovered that her spouse had been having an affair with another woman. The abhorrence that she felt for her husband was passed on to the child that she was carrying.
At least her baby is my blood relative, unlike the baby that had given birth by another woman using my husband’s sperm cells. I scoffed as I recalled how I made every effort to hide it from Travis, but he still found out about it. I have no choice but to tell him the truth.
But…
...He thought it was my egg cells that were injected in the surrogate’s uterus. How could I even do that, when the doctor told me that my egg cells were not strong enough to produce a baby.